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Pennsylvania Turnpike
Community

Pa. Turnpike: Toll hike, 45-percent non-EZ pass surcharge coming

Officials said the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission on Tuesday approved a 6 percent increase for EZ-Pass users as well those without passes in the “Toll by Plate" program.

6 years ago

Police patrol car with flashing lights and siren on
Courts & Law

Feds probe men’s rights lawyer in 2nd killing

Roy Den Hollander is suspected of posing as a FedEx driver when he opened fire at the judge’s home on Sunday, killing her son and wounding her husband.

6 years ago

Robert Crossett
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘It felt like an earthquake’: South Philly rowhouse collapse crushes two cars

A spokesperson for L&I said that a dilapidated three-story rowhouse on Mercy Street was under construction at the time of the collapse.

6 years ago

Paul Robeson House and Museum
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Robeson House awarded $135K grant to hire director

The West Philadelphia institution will receive a $135,000 grant to help cover the new director’s salary and the costs of searching for the new full-time director.

6 years ago

A nurse with ChristianaCare gives a free test for the coronavirus to a driver in Delaware. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: Carney ‘mad as hell’ state back on N.J., N.Y. quarantine list

The governor once again bristled at the inclusion of his state on the list of places whose residents are advised to quarantine for 14 days.

6 years ago

Rep. Seth Grove
Politics & Policy
PA Post

In debate over limits of transparency during emergencies, Wolf to veto bill passed unanimously by legislature

The bill's sponsor and transparency advocates are urging the governor to reconsider.

6 years ago

(U.S. Army)
Down the Shore
Community

Rumbles and booms: Military training ongoing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

Military units are conducting training maneuvers on the base, according to the Toms River Office of Emergency Management.

6 years ago

(Commonwealth Media Services)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

More financial assistance may be on the way for Pennsylvanians struggling to pay utility bills

PennPIRG, a nonpartisan group that advocates for consumers, said nearly 800,000 households and 55,000 businesses in Pennsylvania are at risk of a shutoff.

6 years ago

Brittany Berkins
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Need a respite from the brutal heat? Philly offers 10 public cooling centers

City officials opened 10 air conditioning spaces during the first heat emergency of 2020. But few people knew about the resource on Monday.

6 years ago

Encampment on Ben Franklin Parkway
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Mayor Kenney, stop putting optics before solutions — your city needs housing now

An open letter to Mayor Kenney and Philadelphia Housing Authority CEO Kelvin Jeremiah about the city’s homeless encampments and demands for housing.

6 years ago

Danielle Leneé and Brett Ashley Robinson in IS GOD IS
Arts & Entertainment

With the stage off limits, Wilma Theater tries something new: a radio play

The Wilma Theater will present its final production the 2019-20 season, the Afrofuturist work “Is God Is,” as a radio play — something it’s never done before.

6 years ago

A person wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks by a closed storefront in Lebanon, Pa., Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

As deadline looms to renew $600 jobless benefits, Pa. ‘workers are terrified’

The $600-a-week federal supplement was designed to make the average worker whole during the worst economic downturn in at least four decades.

6 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Delaware Art Museum revives ‘Black Survival Guide’ exhibit

Originally commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the National Guard occupation of Wilmington, the exhibit has new relevance in 2020.

6 years ago

Sarai Ford
Community

‘We’re tired of losing our loved ones’: Young Philadelphians rally against gun violence

The demonstration, which will move from Center City to North Philly, is a call to action aimed at city leaders and residents.

6 years ago

Protesters rally outside a McDonald's in Detroit, Monday, July 20, 2020. The national workers strike saw people walk off the job Monday in U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike

The “Strike for Black Lives” protest was organized by labor unions and social and racial justice organizations, which planned a range of actions in more than two dozen cities.

6 years ago

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